A phase 3 clinical trial, CheckMate-9LA, evaluating Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab) + low-dose Yervoy (ipilimumab), together with two cycles of chemo, for the first-line treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer met the primary endpoint of overall survival compared to chemo alone for up to four cycles followed by optional maintenance therapy.
Kevan Shokat, a professor of cellular and molecular pharmacology at UC San Francisco, has won the second annual Stephenson Global Prize for research in pancreatic cancer.
